Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs met this week in Reykjavik with the NATO deputy chief. Read the full story
Posted on 03 July 2011.
Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs met this week in Reykjavik with the NATO deputy chief. Read the full story
Posted in General, Iceland, International, MBL, PoliticsComments (1)
Posted on 14 April 2011.
Denmark’s contribution to enforcing the no-fly zone in Libya has so far cost the country around DEK 31.5 million (EUR 4.2 million), with the figure steadily rising. Read the full story
Posted in Denmark, General, International, MBL, Politics, SocietyComments (0)
Posted on 07 April 2011.
The foreign affairs spokesman for the Danish People’s Party has suggested bombing Libyan rebels in order to remain neutral in NATO’s campaign against embattled dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Read the full story
Posted in Denmark, General, International, MBL, PoliticsComments (4)
Posted on 04 April 2011.
Three fighter jets landed at Iceland’s Keflavik airport and NATO military base yesterday evening and three more are expected later today. The air cover for Iceland had to be swiftly re-arranged because the Canadian Forces Air Command decided to send the team originally earmarked for Iceland on a mission to Libya. Read the full story
Posted in Canada, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Politics, SocietyComments (9)
Posted on 23 September 2010.
Two meetings yesterday put Icelandic-Russian relations in the spotlight: a meeting between both countries’ presidents near Moscow and a speech by the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs at the NATO-Russia Council meeting in New York. Read the full story
Posted in Energy, Environment, General, Iceland, International, MBL, PoliticsComments (2)
Posted on 01 September 2010.
International maritime laws have prevented authorities from prosecuting a group of Somali pirates captured by a Danish warship in the Aden Gulf this weekend. Denmark’s defence minister said a lack of witnesses forced a decision to free the rogue sailors. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Denmark, General, International, MBL, Politics, TravelComments (0)
Posted on 20 July 2010.
(updated and corrected 21.07) Icelandic ambassadorial diplomat, Thordur Aegir Oskarsson, has assumed the role of special representative for political affairs at the NATO headquarters in Afghanistan. He will furthermore be mission head Mark Sedwill’s stand-in. Read the full story
Posted in General, Iceland, International, MBL, PoliticsComments (1)
Posted on 31 May 2010.
The German airforce, the Luftwaffe will protect Icelandic airspace between 7th and 25th June. Read the full story
Posted in General, Iceland, International, MBL, PoliticsComments (1)
Posted on 05 March 2010.
Norway, along with fellow NATO members Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, have joined together to call on the Western-based defence alliance to increase support for achieving a world that is nuclear-weapon-free. Read the full story
Posted in Environment, General, Holland, International, MBL, Norway, TechnologyComments (2)
Posted on 20 August 2009.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the NATO Secretary General, is in Iceland today. The visit the new NATO chief’s first official visit to an alliance member nation. Read the full story
Posted in General, Iceland, International, MBL, PoliticsComments (3)
Iceland central bank holds rates, predicts ongoing economic growth
Continued Malmö violence embarrasses police
Currency exchange privacy case thrown out of Icelandic court
Sauli Niinistö wins Finland presidential race
Iceland historic French village restoration finance secured
Murder in Hafnarfjörður
Workplace drug tests increase tenfold
Mythical Icelandic monster captured on film?
Explore Vatnajökull and Jökulsárlón in Iceland with Glacier Lagoon tour
Ocean turbine designer: “Iceland could up its energy production twentyfold”
